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Mati pesters her grandmother and father for her own plot of land. When she does get it, she works hard. And then she hears that a company wants to make a coal mine in their village – the enormous black pit that will eat up all their lands, like it has in the next village… As always, Rinchin powers her questions through irresistible storytelling. The little girl’s anxiety about losing her land to “a monster machine” cuts close to the heart as it takes head-on an issue that is ravaging tribal Chhattisgarh, where this story is set, and every other place where there is ‘development’ at a cost.
ISBN: 9789350469187
Pages: 28
Avg Reading Time: 1 hrs
Age: 0-11
Country of Origin: India
Orbit- Architecture
- Author Name:
Rajnish Sharma
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- Description: DESCRIPTION AWAITED
Just Train Ride Away
- Author Name:
Mini Shrinivasan
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- Description: Santosh travels alone from Mumbai, where he lives with his mother, to Kolkata, on holiday. He has secret plans to look for his father, whom he barely remembers. The train ride brings him into contact with people outside his sheltered world – a prelude to another, deeper, journey. With a light and honest touch, this book explores the emotional dilemma of a young boy who faces the bittersweet reality of estrangement.
My Upside Down World
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Ken Spillman
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- Description: Big brothers are mean. Big brothers spell trouble. And Big Brothers are not to be trusted, especially if they turn your world upside down. That�s what the protagonist discovers one morning upon waking up. The book�s parallel worlds with their upside-downness and downside-upness weave a fantastic, troubled, creased co-existence, both exasperating and reassuring. Nothing is what it seems like. Read it as a quirky story of squabbling siblings or of something more global, more sinister; each page leaves us peeling multiple layers, especially in a world turned upside down by the pandemic. Ken Spillman adroitly plays around with words and situations both believable and unbelievable, while Silvana Giraldo spins a splendidly broken-but-beautiful world to bring alive a somewhat Orwellian dystopia into this picture book.
Mahapurushon Ki Shikshaprada Balkathayen
- Author Name:
Surendra Singh Negi
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- Description: "संसार में जितने भी सफल व्यक्ति अथवा महापुरुष हुए हैं, इसलिए नहीं कि वे अलौकिक प्रतिभा के धनी थे अथवा साधन-संपन्न थे, बल्कि इसलिए कि वे महान् व्यक्तित्व के स्वामी थे। विश्व में महापुरुषों और सफल व्यक्तियों की जीवनियाँ हमें बताती हैं कि सभी ने अपने व्यक्तित्व का विकास कर जीवन को अनुशासित किया और मानव-कल्याण का संदेश दिया। महाभारत काल के एक अत्यंत गरीब व साधनहीन बालक एकलव्य में व्यक्तित्व निर्माण के सभी गुण मौजूद थे। उसमें सर्वश्रेष्ठ धनुर्धारी बनने की इतनी ललक थी कि वह अपनी सकारात्मक सोच के साथ अंधकार से प्रकाश की किरण का आभास करता हुआ एकाग्रचित्त और कड़े अम्यास के बलबूते पर ही जीवन के उद्देश्य तक पहुँचने में सफल हुआ था। प्रस्तुत पुस्तक ‘महापुरुषों की शिक्षाप्रद बालकथाएँ’ में साहित्यकारों, राजनेताओं, दार्शनिकों, समाज-सुधारकों की प्रेरक कथाओं को समाहित किया गया है। ये कथाएँ मानवीय गुण, यथा परोपकार, सदाचार, सेवा, कर्मशीलता, धैर्य आदि का संचार करेंगी। विश्वास है कि यह कथा-संकलन सभी पाठकों के जीवन में नई स्फूर्ति का संचार करते हुए उनमें आत्मविश्वास पैदा करेगा।
Colour-Colour Kamini
- Author Name:
Radhika Chadha
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- Description: Kapila Aunty is teaching the little chameleons how to change colour, one at a time. But Kamini gets excited and goes red, purple, green, yellow . . . she just can’t stop! The flashy-splashy third story in the ever popular series about Bahadur the baby elephant!
The Toda and the Tahr
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E.R.C Davidar +1
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- Description: Set in the Nilgiris, this book is a beautiful evocation of the life of the Todas—a tribe of the region, and of Moz—a Nilgiri tahr or ibex who is rescued from a trap by Karnoz—a Toda boy. Perfectly complementing Moz’s adventures in the village and outside including those with dholes, leopards and hunters is that of Karnoz’s growing up and the Todas ultimately having to leave the area due to the building of a dam. Sensitive illustrations complement the text.
Orbit- Noise Pollution
- Author Name:
Rajnish Sharma
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- Description: DESCRIPTION AWAITED
Makkhilal Ki Mahima
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Geeta Dharmarajan +1
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- Description: In the land of Makkhipuri, The fly was god for all. They prayed to it for good health, They called it Makkhilal. What happens when a fly becomes the god of a village? Terrible things, youíd imagine. But one person in the village sees through the flyís wicked ploy. Would she be able to save the village? Find out in this romp of a poem that will encourage young readers to think about hygiene, role models, the power of one and a lot more.
Kuttan Ko Mili Khushi
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Serene Kasim +1
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- Description: Kuttan thinks he is grown-up now. Find out if he is able to handle his noisy little cousins who pester him with questions.
Amma's Toolkit
- Author Name:
Nandini Nayar
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- Description: Details awaited
NIKOO'S PAINTBRUSH
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Gurpreet Kaur
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- Description: Nikoo loves to paint. One day he reads an adventure story about the big blue sea and, as usual, picks up his paintbrush. Suddenly, he falls into his own painting! Watercolour illustrations swirl us into Nikoo's imaginary world.
What Shall I Make?
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Nandini Nayar
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- Description: Roll it, pat it, poke in eyes, stick on nose and ears — and a ball of chapati dough can turn into almost anything! The endearing illustrations follow the quirks of a child's imagination.
Kanna Panna
- Author Name:
Zai Whitaker
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- Description: Words rollick and frolic in Kanna's head, yet he hardly speaks. One day, he is with his family at the cave temples when the lights go off. Everyone is frightened, except Kanna. Light or no light, it makes no difference because he can't see anyway. And as he confidently leads the way out, he finds himself talking… Words tumble out to unleash the playful chatterbox within – Kanna Panna! A joyous story that neatly inverts the notion of ‘disability’. Warm, strong pictures pick up the nuances to portray a child for whom visual impairment is just the way it is – and is even a chance to have some fun!
Gajapati Kulapati-Jhoopjhapoosh
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Ashok Rajagopalan
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- Description: After his big-big sneeze, Gajapati Kulapati is back with a SPLASH! Like the very popular first book, sounds, rhythm, and repetition make this too a perfect read aloud for little ones.
Our Incredible Cow
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Mahashweta Devi
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- Description: Nyadosh the cow has a fierce gleam in her eyes and a furious appetite. She chomps on textbooks, feasts on frocks and devours anything blue in colour. But once she gets on the ilish fish trail, there's just no stopping her… This comical tale of a common cow with uncommon taste is one to relish. Nyadosh's extraordinary appetite unfolds through vivid photo collages, offset by light black-and-white doodles. Along with the almost unbelievable true-life story from one of India’s best known writers, they give readers a hilariously different depiction of what we usually think of as a mild-mannered animal! Originally in Bengali
Tales from Indian Classics Book II
- Author Name:
Savitri
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- Description: The stories presented in this book are some of the best from Indian classics.
Kamal Se Bhara Aakash
- Author Name:
Shanti Krishnaswamy +1
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- Description: Tiny drops of water form vast seas, tiny grains of sand form gigantic deserts, and tiny tots and their wisdom form exciting stories. Come with us ... as we take you to meet our friends Abu, Nootan, Kokila, and Jishnu. Is there anyone like you?
Aranya Aadim
- Author Name:
Tarun Kanti Mishra
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- Description: इस संकलन में प्रसिद्ध ओडि़या साहित्यकार तरुणकांति मिश्र की कुल उन्नीस कहानियाँ शामिल हैं। चार से भी अधिक दशक के दौरान अलग-अलग कालखंडों में अलग-अलग मनःस्थितियों में लिखी गई ये उनकी चुनिंदा कहानियाँ हैं। इसमें लेखक के किशोरवय से जीवन के अब तक के पड़ाव की रचनाएँ संकलित हैं, जिनमें कोमल उम्र के नम्र अनुभव, यौवन के कई रंग और जीवन के अपराह्न का विमर्श निहित है। आशा और निराशा, स्वप्न और स्वप्नभंग, प्रेम और प्रेमहीनता, मृत्यु और निर्वाण, इन सबके भीतर चमक रहा है जीवन का विस्तृत रूप। तरुणकांति को असामान्य कहानी का स्रष्टा कहा जाता है। इस संकलन में संकलित हरेक कहानी इसका प्रमाण है। बहुत व्यापक है उनके गल्प की परिधि। कहानियों का जो पक्ष पाठकों को ज्यादा स्पर्श करता है, वह है चरित्रों की अंतर्मुखी अभिव्यक्ति। उनका कथ्य-वर्णन, रूप कल्प, परिवेश, यहाँ तक कि आकाश-पृथ्वी का दर्पण एक ही तत्त्व का संधान करते हैं, और वह है अंतराभिमुखी। जीवन का तिलिस्म, वास्तविकता, रहस्यमयता और जिजीविषा का निष्ठुर-निर्मम सत्य इन कहानियों में प्रस्फुटित है। पर इन सबसे ऊपर है, उनकी इनसान को प्रेम करने की भाषा। अपनी इसी सूक्ष्म दृष्टि और संवेदना के चलते समकालीन लेखकों के बीच वह अलग से नजर आ जाते हैं।
Naa Polaanni Rakshinchukonta
- Author Name:
Rinchin
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- Description: Mati pesters her grandmother and father for her own plot of land. When she does get it, she works hard. And then she hears that a company wants to make a coal mine in their village – the enormous black pit that will eat up all their lands, like it has in the next village… As always, Rinchin powers her questions through irresistible storytelling. The little girl’s anxiety about losing her land to “a monster machine” cuts close to the heart as it takes head-on an issue that is ravaging tribal Chhattisgarh, where this story is set, and every other place where there is ‘development’ at a cost.
Peace with Buddha
- Author Name:
Chitwan Mittal +1
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- Description: This is a Board Book and not a Hard Bound Book. “What happens when our wish comes true, and we receive our doll? We play with it but soon enough, we wish for a shiny ball!” Buddha did not want people to suffer. He reminds us that desire leads to suffering. He encouraged us to think of the path to peace as lying within ourselves. This board book, Peace With Buddha will help children recognize the values of wanting less, finding peace and connecting with their inner selves. The Series, Learning TO BE is a creative way to introduce your little ones to big values in an engaging manner. Written in simple text and magical verse, this series is perfect to read aloud to toddlers (2-4 year olds) and excellent for beginning readers (4-8 year olds). Look for other titles in this series: Kindness with Mahavira and Service with Guru Nanak. This is a Board Book and not a Hard Bound Book.
